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HOW TO PLAY 

ICE HOCKEY 



By 
S. TRAFFORD HICKS 

Former Captain Harvard University Hockey Team 





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Contents 

PAGE 

Three Fundamentals of Hockey 5 

How to Play Goal 6 

Positions of Point and Cover-point 10 

How to Play Forward. Positions of Rover and Center.... 13 

How to Play Wing 19 

Generalship and Team Work 23 

Proper Equipiiient and Method of Training 26 

Special Practice Drills 32 

Interpretation of Rules of Game 38 



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Three Fundamentals o£ Hockey 

For anyone considering taking up hockey as a healthful win- 
ter recreation, and at the same time regardmg the game seri- 
ously enough to get the additional pleasure of keen contest, there 
are three important fundamentals to consider. 

Of course, ability to skate on ice is the most necessary quali- 
fication. Nobody could play hockey unless they could move 
about rapidly on the runners with some stability. To play 
hockey does not require finesse on skates or a wide knowledge 
of the art of skating; but a hockey player must be able to start, 
stop and turn in a flash, with sureness of balance. 

Next in importance to the skating comes speed. Hockey is a 
fast and furious game, where speed counts for everything. A 
player may know the game thoroughly, and yet, if he is not as 
speedy as a less experienced opponent, his experience will count 
for little towards scoring a goal. 

Thirdly, the knack of handling a puck with the hockey is al- 
most, if not quite, as important as the first two fundamentals. 
All three of these points are learned simultaneously and un- 
consciously by a young schoolboy as he strives to imitate the 
older fellows in a game of "shinny." Of course, a player is 
better off at hockey for an earlier start, just as in any game. 
Many good players have developed, however, who never played 
hockey until their college days. Whether the fundamentals are 
learned unconsciously or by consideration they are always in 
evidence, and constantly enter in the following discussions of 
position and general team play. 



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How to Play Goal 

There is no one back of the goal keeper to compensate for his 
blunders. A mistake means that his team is scored on To 
guard agamst mistakes, the goal keeper must be quick and 
accurate m every movement and he should learn to go instinct- 
ively through the proper motions for every stop 

To do this he must use proper methods, and must use them 
often and must use them every time. In this chapter will be 
described the proper way to stop shots directed at the different 
parts of the net, as indicated by (A), (B), (C), etc., in F\<r I 

If the goal keeper has good points on his skates he Should 
stand with his feet a little apart and with his weight on his toes, 
as in Fig. T ; otherwise he should have his feet together and 
nearly at right angles, the heel of one against the instep of the 
other. 

In both cases the knees should be bent enough to enable the 
goal keeper to make a quick movement in any direction The 
second of these two positions is the same as that used in stopping 
shots at (A), (B) and (C). Except when the goal keepe^ 
makes these stops he should stand nearly erect, thus bringing 
his legs together at the knees and closing every gap through 
which the puck might slip. The instant the rebounding puck 
strikes the ice it should be cleared away to one side with the 
stick. 

If a body protector is not worn the shot at (C) is likely to 
hurt, but that is all in the game and a goal tender must make up 
his mind to a hard knock now and then. Either hand held 
palm out against the chest should be ample protection, but the 
goal keeper must never reach forward to catch the puck for 
It might glance off the hand into the goal. 

Shots at (D) should be stopped with a skate rather than with 
the stick, for a skate is a more solid barrier and far more 
certain to check a sturdy drive. Picture II. shows how far a man 



8 SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 

who was standing at one side of the net can reach toward the 
other side with his foot by merely sliding it on its side along 
the ice and at the same time sinking until his knee nearly touches 
the ice. If a drive is given with his right leg, the goal keeper 
will slide several feet, thus covering still more space. 

Shots at (F) should always be stopped and, if possible, caught 
with the hand, as shown in Picture III. 

It is at (E) that most of the scoring is done. This is the 
most difficult place of all to protect. If the puck comes too low 
to be reached with the hand the stop must be made with the 
inside of the foot or leg. 

If, however, any shot coming toward (D), (E) or (F) is long 
or slow, the goal keeper should always jump in front of it, so 
as to make an (A), (B) or (C) stop of it. 

In Diagram i let (M) — (N) represent the goal and (K) 
the spot from which a shot is to be made. 

Where will the goal keeper stand and how ought he to move 
to best protect the goal? If he stands at the central position 
(X) he will have to move three feet or so to either side, in ^/•w 
order to stop shots near the posts. If he stands at(Y) ^^^/ f^ 
he can protect the whole goal by merely covering ^^ ^ 
the shorter line (P) — (N). If he stands at ^^''^ / 
(Z), with his body against the post ^"^ ^^ 

(N), he only has to think of p ^^^ ^/ 

moving in one direction, to 
the left. >'''\'^ j' Diagram 1 

It is seen, then, that 
he should stand at 0^ 
(Z) whenever (K) A7 Ooal M 
is far enough to the side to enable him to reach easily to (P) 
and that otherwise he should stand at (Y). This is the main 
point to be remembered; it is the short space (P) — (N) and 
not the long space (M) — (N) that is to be protected. 







Figure II. 




Figure 111. 



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Positions of Point and Cover-point 

The up-to-date hockey team uses what is known as the parallel 
defense. In this defense the duties of the point and cover-point 
are almost identical. The old style game of having the cover- 
point meet the attack well out in front of the goal, as a sort of 
advance guard, and having the point crowded back almost into 
the net, has been proved very ineffective against combination 
attack. 

To play the parallel defense correctly, the point and cover-point 
must meet the attack well in front of the goal and both must 
be the same distance out. They should be just near enough 
together so that no forward can slip between them. By this 
means a considerable line of opposition is offered instead of 
single points, as when the cover-point and point met the attack 
alternately in the old style game. 

Both these positions are primarily defensive and should always 
be so played in a hard, close match. There are many occasions, 
though, when the safest thing a point or cover-point can do is 
to carry the puck up the rink. Such rushes should be made 
always, however, with the idea of playing perfectly safe. As soon 
as the puck is passed to someone else, or shot at the net, the 
defense man must think of turning at once to protect back terri- 
tory. One of the forwards, preferably the rover, should be 
tramed to stay back in the defense when one of the defense men 
has gone up. Too much emphasis cannot be laid on the matter 
of always having an intact barrier to defend the net. 

Although there is not much difference between their duties, 
the point and cover-point must not both go for the same man' 
This would brmg disaster at once, as such a move would be just 
what a forward would want a defense to do. He would draw 
both men far to one side and quickly slip the puck to a team mate 
m front of the goal, who would then have a clear shot at the 
goal, with only the goal tender in the way. When the cover- 



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point goes for a forward carrying the puck, the point must either 
cover a pass or check the man who receives it. 

Then, too, it is most important that both men do not follow 
the puck into the corner of the rink. Such a move leaves the 
goal unprotected save by the' goal tender. 

Theoretically the parallel defense is perfect, but forwards have 
many clever little tricks that disconcert the defense men and open 
the loopholes for scores. 

In a close game, when a team is behind and fighting hard to 
tie the score before time is up, it is a good plan to bring the 
point and coverpoint right up behind the forward line. This 
reinforces a tired set of forwards. Many times the tieing score 
can be shot in by this move. 

On the contrary, if a team has a lead in the closing minutes, 
it is well to play everything dead safe and make sure that every 
attacking forward is checked off. 

One of the most important duties of the two outer defense men 
is to work in conjunction with the wings in getting the puck out 
of the corners and into the opponents' territory. The most effect- 
ive way to do this is for the cover-point to take the puck behind 
his own goal, making a wide, swinging turn up the rink (see Dia- 
gram 2). By means of this turn, he can acquire terrific speed. 
In the meantime the wing must have skated back onside and, 
wheeling about, be ready to take a pass from the cover-point. In 
this way the puck is started out of dangerous territory. When 
well down towards the opponents' goal, the puck can be passed to 
one of the centers and the cover-point can return. Generally, 
however, one of the center men has hung back so that the cover- 
point can stay in the combination until the final shot for a goal. 



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How to Play Forward. Positions of 
Rover and Center 

FORWARD. 

To the four players called forwards falls the bulk of the 
attacking work of a team. In the best type of a forward line 
there are three distinct divisions in the attack, taken care of 
respectively by the positions of Rover, Center and the two 
Wings. 

ROVER. 

Rather than have the two center forwards distribute their 
entire energy in both offensive and defensive play, it is wise to 
designate one of the center men to concentrate his effort on de- 
fense and have the other center taking care of the heavy scoring 
work. The duties of rover should fall on the man who can 
skate better than his team mates and who has an aptitude for 
careful, defensive work. The rover must always be the forward 
to play well back when the play is around the opponents' net. 
On the attack the rover's position is out some little distance in 
front of the goal. From such a position, he can receive a back 
pass from his other forwards and get a more direct shot at 
the goal. At the same tim.e he is always between the puck and 
his own goal and can more easily follow back to help his defense 
in case of an unexpected sally by the enemy. 

With the puck in the opponents' corner, the rover should be 
placed as the player marked left center (L.C.) in Diagram 3. 
In this position he can do the following things: i, Receive a 
back pass from his left wing out of the corner; 2, Take a re- 
bound shot and have a direct shot for a goal; 3, Is in the best 
position to turn and break up any combination started by the 
opponents. 

The rover should never attempt to stop a play head on, but 
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that if he fails once or twice to break up a play he is still right 
along beside it and can at least force the rushing forward to 
the side boards before the play reaches the defense. There, 
with the cover-point to aid, little harm can be done from the 
extreme side, if the goal keeper is a keen one. It is shots from 
the middle and directly in front of the net that are hardest for 
a goal tender to block. 

One good forward playing this follow-back method ("check- 
ing-back" is the Canadian term) consistently, can do more than 
any other one player toward demoralizing a team. A forward 
continually breaking up plays by this means disconcerts the 
other side disastrously and is the hardest defense to overcome. 

In case the play has succeeded in reaching the rover's end of 
the rink he must then see that his particular opponent is covered 
in front of the goal. He has nothing to do with getting the 
puck back up the rink, that job falling solely on the cover-point 
and wings. If every man in a position to score is efficiently 
covered, no goal can be scored. Most goals scored can be 
charged to failure to cover the man. Of course, the defense 
may be too tuckered to do this, but more often the mistake 
happens through neglect in the excitement of the moment and the 
strong desire on the part of a defensive forward to watch the 
movements of the puck rather than those of his man. 



CENTER. 

On the other hand, too much conservative defense playing 
does not add to the score, and after all the score is what wins. 
Many goals have to be made by quick passes from the side and 
on rebounds. This task falls to the center. Every time an at- 
tack is made, the center forward should be found boring right 
in close to the net. The qualifications of a good center are quick- 
ness with his stick and ability to work especially well in close 
quarters. Of course, the center has to do his work in a territory 
that is defended desperately and often it is only by his superior 
quickness of eye and hand that he can get the puck into the net. 

It is not intended to draw too sharp a distinction between the 




The "face-off." 




Hockey may be enjoyed as a scrub sport nearly as well as by orgranized teams. 
The scrub players in this picture do not look as though they lacked interest. 



SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 17 

two center forwards. In general, these two players have about 
the same amount of ground to cover and each should do a lot of 
both defensive (following-back) as well as offensive work. 

The center should be the man who takes a chance at picking 
the puck away from a rushing forward. This play is made head 
on and,.-when it works, opens a golden opportunity. On the other 
hand a failure leaves the center out of the play completely. The 
successful dive depends on outguessing the other fellow and as 
long as one man is playing safe it often pays to have the other 
center taking a chance. 

Many situations arise when the center has to do the work of 
the rover and vice-versa. The rover may be blocked or thrown 
to the ice and thus momentarily put out of the play. These 
things must be instantly sized up by a good player, who then 
takes the rover's place. More often than not, an attack includes 
only two forwards in combination, the others having been put 
out of the play for various reasons. In such cases both men 
must stay right in the combination until the goal has been made 
o- lost. 



SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 19 



How to Play Win^ 

The two end forwards, called right and left wing, are 
primarily offensive players. These two men have more skating 
to do than any others, and consequently they should be men 
of great endurance and able to keep going at top speed the 
longest. They must skate way back into their own corners and 
work with their cover-point in getting the puck started up the 
rink. Not only this, but the wings are supposed to go into the 
opponents' corners and pass the puck to the centers, who are 
in a better position from which to score. By being in the 
opponents' corners, the wings can often prevent rushes from 
getting started. It is much easier to stop plays that are starting 
than to wait until after they attain top speed and are well out 
of the corners. 

When the centers are about to shoot for a goal the wings 
should close in from both sides, ready to scoop in any rebound 
from the goal tender's legs. More goals are scored in hockey 
by playing these rebounds quickly than by direct rushes and 
shots. On account of the goal tender having just made a stop 
and being off his balance, a rebound shot is the hardest kind to 
stDp. The play is so close under the goal man's nose that his 
eye can hardly follow the puck and he has little chance of 
covering the net against these quick scoops. (Fig. IV.) 

Xot only do the wings have to skate more than the centers, 
but they do not find so many of those little opportunities to catch 
their wind and relax their tired muscles. The work of the rover 
and center eases up a bit when the puck is being jockeyed about 
in the corners, and they can get brief breathing spells quite 
frequently. Not so the wing; he must keep plugging along at 
hio utmost. 

The wing players should do a great deal of the puck carrying. 
On receiving the puck near his own corner, a wing can gener- 
ally carry the puck down to the opposing defense. Here he can 



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do three things. He can take a long shot at the net, with little 
chance of scoring, as he is near the side and hence has a sharp 
angle shot. Secondly, he can try to dodge the defense and carry 
the puck right in close and score alone. Lastly, he can pass the 
puck to one of his centers, or even away across the rink to his 
other wing. 

The first two means call for individual brilliancy and should 
be used less frequently than the last; that is team work. A 
wing must be a strategist and use his wits to keep the defense 
guessing as to what he is going to do. He must combine the 
right amount of individual work with his combination play to 
make the defense uncertain what he will do next. With 
opponents wondering what is coming, a wing should have no 
trouble in drawing them out of position and then sliding a neat 
little pass to his waiting center, or, in case they refuse to be 
drawn, he can slip out around them and have a good opportunity 
to score himself. 

These principles apply, of course, to all the forwards in car- 
rying the puck and are not limited to the wing ^layers. 

Diagram 4 shows the zones of the rink surface that should be 
covered by the four forwards. The inclosed area in front of the 
opponents' goal shows the territory where the puck is always 
dangerous to the defense. Shots made from outside this terri- 
tory should be stopped ordinarily by the goal tender. 




Picture shows the two right hand players racing for the puck in the corner. 
The attack has evidently just missed a try for a goal. 




An Interestinfir situation in which the attacking wing has the puck in his 
opponent's corner. This is a time to "cover your man." 



SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 23 



Generalship and Team Work 

Success in any close game of hockey often depends on little 
things that the leader suggests to his men during the course of 
play. Each member of a team has plenty of opportunity to use 
headwork, but the generalship of the game as a whole should 
fall on the shoulders of a well qualified leader. 

When the score stands at a tie, or there is only a one point 
margin — and one goal means so much toward determining the 
winner — the whole team ought to be informed of how much time 
remains to be played. To see that his men have this informa- 
tion should be one of the duties of a captain. 

With a one goal lead toward the close of a game between 
evenly matched teams the burden of forcing the play falls to the 
team behind; therefore the obvious thing for the leaders to do is 
to play as safe as possible and kill time. There are many ways 
of using up seconds, and they are all the easier to execute when 
the losing team does not realize their purpose. 

If the puck is behind the goal line there is no direct danger of 
a score, so that often a cover-point can start with the puck 
from out in the rink and skate leisurely back around his owr 
goal. Opposing forwards, thinking he is coming out at full 
speed on the other side, prepare to intercept him there. The 
cover-point can pretend to start out and, turning slowly around, 
skate back of the goal again. Often these tactics can be repeated 
several times before the opponents grasp the meaning, and when 
they do rush in the cover-point can shoot the puck far up the 
rink. 

Along the side boards, too, the wings have many chances to 
play safe by holding the puck close to the boards and keeping 
their bodies in the way of opponents, so that they have great 
difficulty in getting the puck free. 

In general, assuming that two teams are very evenly matched, 
the leaders should play everything safe by holding the puck 



24 SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 

as long as they can and then making sure they shoot it far down 
into opposing territory. All the time the opponents will be 
fighting desperately to stop this stalling for time, and they will 
have to spend much of their fast-ebbing strength in useless 
efforts to get control of the puck. Like a good base ball general 
ordering his batters to make the pitcher work, a good hockey 
leader should order his men to make their opponents skate. 

All this discussion of generalship emphasizes the importance 
of scoring the first goal. When the teams are very even, a one 
goal lead is a tremendous advantage to a side, and they can 
scientifically waste time, only exerting themselves to score when 
exceptional opportunities arise. The importance of a lead, of 
course, increases as the game proceeds farther and farther with- 
out a score. 

It is a good plan in most games to start playing conservatively. 
That is, the forwards ought to follow back carefully and make 
sure that no goal is scored against them. Meanwhile they are 
watching their opponents closely and often they can discover 
some weak points in the opposing team. 

For instance, the center may find that his opponents are not 
very good stick handlers and dodgers and that he can pick the 
puck away from them, say two out of three times. If such is the 
case, it is surely worth while by the law of chance to resort to 
picking rather than sacrifice such good chances to score by pay- 
ing too much attention to following back. Of course, the follow- 
back game is the safest, but to take the proper amount of chance 
is certainly good generalship. 

The leader can size up the situation and see how things are 
going and perhaps delegate one of his men to take chances and 
tell the others to play safe. 

Another case where good judgment will help bring a victory 
is having the defense men help out tired forwards toward the 
end of a close battle. The defense men, as a rule, have more 
mtermittent work than the forwards, and therefore are less 
exhausted at the end. They can become more aggressive and 
do a great deal of the puck carrying in the last few minutes. 

Most hockey players have one department of the game in which 



SrALDlNG'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 25 

they are especially good. In assigning men to positions on a 
team, it is the careful consideration of each one's strong points 
that helps to make a well balanced team. 

Some players have a peculiar knack of scoring goals by one 
means or another from all kinds of mixups in front of the net. 
This type of player should, of course, be in one of the center 
positions, and the other forwards should tend to keep passing to 
him. With this man in one of the center positions the other 
center should be a strong defensive player. 

For the wings, as explained in the chapter on How to Play 
Wing, speed and endurance are required a little more than great 
skill, and so the faster and longer winded men should be on the 
wings. 

Often a center will have several chances to scor'^ goals by 
brilliant individual rushes. If he has failed in four or five 
attempts to get by the defense, he may have tried to pass them 
on a certain side each time. Now, many defense men have a 
weak side, and sometimes a center can win a game by remember- 
ing to go the other way on his last try. l" his is only one of many 
similar ways where the chance for headwork comes in. Good 
generalship will make the most of them. 



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Proper Equipment and Method of 
Training for a Hockey Player 

One basis that any hockey player in preparing himself for a 
game can rely on is that every unit of energy he is able to muster 
can be spent usefully. No player can keep going at top speed 
during a whole game and anything that helps toward sustaining 
his wind and strength should be adopted. 

The man who can avoid wasting his strength and make every 
action in a game a telling one will be much more effective 
than a gallery player who goes out of his way to trip or check 
an opponent out of spite or loss of temper. The game itself 
requires all a man's concentration and effort without any 
extras. 

There are two things that aid a player greatly in conserving 
his energy, namely, physical fitness and proper equipment. 

Of the equipment used, proper skates are the most important 
item. A hockey skate should be as light as is consistent with 
the tremendous strain put upon it. For lightness, combined with 
proper strength, a thin steel blade set into an upper frame of 
light steel tubing makes a very satisfactory skate. This con- 
struction allows the skate to be made higher off the ice than the 
solid steel skate. This extra height gives the skater more lever- 
age on the ice surface and hence more speed, provided his ankles 
can stand the strain. For a player who is troubled with any 
weakness of the ankles a lower skate would be better. 

The best quality of tool steel should be used for the blade. 
The tempering must be soft and flexible for the upper part and 
the lower cutting edges hardened, so that they will hold their 
keenness. The heel plate ought to be higher than the toe plate, 
so that the foot will pitch forward slightly. This does away 
with the need of having a heavy leather heel on the shoe. 

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28 SPALDING'S AT-LETIC LIBRARY, 

low Spring heel shoes, or No. XS "Championship" Hockey Skates, 
fitted with No. 336 high heel shoes, make really ideal combinations. 

Another very important point in regard to the skate is the 
proper curving of the runner on the ice. Most hockey skates 
are made with flat runners and this curve has to be ground on 
afterward. The curve should not be as sharp as that used by 
fancy skaters. A curve of approximately eight feet radius is 
what most players find to be suitable. Great care has to be taken 
in grinding this curve not to overheat the steel and draw the 
temper. A gentle curve facilitates quick turning without in the 
least detracting from the speed. 

A light shoe of kangaroo leather, reinforced over the instep, and 
having no heavy heel, is very satisfactory. This shoe should lace 
way down to the toe, so that it may be drawn to fit the foot firmly. 
The Spalding No. 339 shoe is built on this principle. 

It does not pay to lace the foot tightly and then strap the ankle 
for extra support. A well fitting shoe gives ample bracing and 
should not be laced tighter than necessary to make a close, firm 
fit. It is much easier to skate when the ankles are supple. 

The steel skates should be riveted to the shoe so that the centei 
line of the blade is in the same plane as the line between the 
center of the toe and heel of the shoe. If the skates are 
fastened on true, much strain is saved on the ankles. 

In regard to the proper clothes a hockey player ought to 
wear, the matter of lightness, combined with absolute freedom of 
action for the muscles of the entire body, are the important 
things to consider. Some kind of shin and knee protection is 
also necessary. Spalding makes a very complete line of pads, and 
knee and shin guards, and their No. KE knee pad, and No. 6X 
combined knee and shin guards are particularly satisfactory. Here 
again the question of lightness is the essential point. Light pads 
over the hips and elbows are also good things. 

A good stick is always a delight to a hockey player. Hockeys 
have the "feel," just as a bat to the ball player, or a driver to 
the golfer. Of course, only an experienced player can recog- 
nize this "feel" of a stick, as it is largely imagination, and no 
two players ever have quite the same idea for a stick. There 




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30 SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY 

are some things, however, essential to a good hockey. The 
blade ought not to be extremely long and should not be too flat 
on the bottom. The angle the blade makes with the shaft, 
together with the length of the shaft, must be suitable to the 
height and reach of the individual player. If the blade reaches 
out too obtusely it is very^ awkward to handle the puck underfoot 
The most comprehensive and up-to date line of hockeys is that 
manufactured by A. G. Spalding & Bros., in their Canadian 
factory. 

The whole outfit, including skates, shoes, stick and gloves, 
ought not to exceed six pounds. 

With the best and most scientific outfit no hockey player is 
formidable unless he has a great amount of wind and endur- 
ance. The two things that aid these the most, provided the 
player is normally healthy, are plenty of sleep and a good, whole- 
some diet. Practising in hockey can be overdone very easily 
and staleness is the result. Always it is a good plan to warm 
up thoroughly before commencing a game. Many a strain and 
pulled tendon has resulted from too quickly jumping into a 
hard game. 

All preparations ought to be made bearing in mind that every 
ounce of energy saved can be used to advantage in a hard game. 
When both teams are well equipped and both are in the best 
physical shape, hockey then becomes a game of strategy and a 
case of outwitting the opponent. 




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Special Practice Drills 

The best way to practice hockey is for a team to play the 
game in actual scrimmage with another team, always trying to 
improve team work and smoothness. There are many things 
that a player can do by himself, however, or, with the aid of 
one or two others, to eliminate individual weaknesses and 
become of more service to a team. 

Since speed is a prime essential of hockey, the proper way to 
turn on skates is an important point in which to become pro- 
ficient. Most players get up their speed on skates from a stand- 
ing start by a wheeling turn, using short, choppy strokes. The 
turn is made almost opposite to the direction desired, and as the 
player swings into line he reaches nearly maximum speed, so 
that it is no great effort to burst into top speed. 

Similarly, when a player wishes to turn around he can do 
so by means of a wheeling turn, at cost of much less energy, 
as well as time, than he could do by stopping and starting again. 
Usually a player can make the turn more naturally to one side 
than the other, and if that is the case, he should spend a great 
deal of time practising turning on his weak side until it comes 
perfectly natural to him. 

When a player is carrying the puck the difficulty of making 
dodging turns is increased greatly, as most players have to give 
considerable attention to the puck. A very good way to practice 
making both right and left turns carrying a puck is to skate in a 
large figure eight. In this way the ability to make turns in both 
directions is developed equally, and either way soon becomes 
natural and can be executed unconsciously. 

Good dodging ability is a great asset to a forward and can- 
not be acquired without great control of skates. In dodging, the 
ability to jump often saves bad falls from trips and checks. 
Jumping on skates is a good deal of a habit a forward has to 
fall into. A jump on skates is not generally a premeditated 




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move, but is used half instinctively to clear sticks and legs that 
happen to be in the way. It is good practice to lay a series of 
obstacles on the ice and attempt to carry the puck through and 
around them, dodging sharply and jumping as occasion requires. 

Where a forward jumps a lot he does not have to dodge as 
wide. Many players take wide, swinging dodges, depending on 
great speed and sudden shifting of direction to throw opponents 
off their balance one way and then passing them on the other by 
a quick shift. Such a method often works for a cover-point in 
going around his own goal. He gets up tremendous speed when 
he swings diagonally out into the rink towards the side boards. 
The opponents, thinking to box him close to the boards, are 
generally off their balance in that direction and are often unpre- 
pared to meet a sudden tacking shift by the cover-point. Many 
times a cover-point can gain an opening in this way and skate the 
whole length of the rink unmolested. 

Some forwards dodge entirely by stickwork; that is their 
body goes in an even path and they depend on fooling an 
opponent by zigzagging the puck on their sticks. This kind of 
dodging should be the easiest for a defense man to check, as 
it is only necessary to watch the forward's eyes to tell where 
his body is going. In fact, this matter of watching the eyes is 
one of the hardest things for a cover-point to learn, but is abso- 
lutely essential. It is a great temptation to watch the move- 
ments of the puck, but that is dangerous, as it is the man a 
defense player must check. If the man is body checked the puck 
cannot go any farther unless passed to another. 

Just as it is easier for the defense player to make a check by 
watching the eyes of a forward, so is it easier for the forward tc 
dribble the puck if he can do so by the feel of it on his stick 
without looking at it. With the ability to carry the puck with- 
out looking at it, a forward can give more attention to the loca- 
tion of opponents and his own men, and so can seize oppor- 
tunities that would otherwise be lost. Of course, no forward 
can do this without an occasional glance. 

Individual dodging should be well mixed with a passing game, 
and ability to pass is a hard part '^f the game to master Bv 



SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 



37 



skating up and down the rink together two forwards can get 
much practice in passing the puck. When two men are quite 
close together the pass can be made quick and accurate, as an 
error in direction does not multiply in a short distance. Longer 
passes, though, have to be made with great calculation and 
science. The passer must plan to snap the puck rather slowly 
along the ice and diagonally ahead, so that the receiver will be 
able to just reach the puck without having to change direction or 
slow up and wait for the puck. To make passing harder still, of 
course, the interference of an opponent has always to be reckoned 
with. A pass must be made well before an opponent is reached, 
so that he cannot possibly jump out and intercept the puck. On 
the other hand, a pass made too early loses its effectiveness in 
that it allows the opponents time enough to offset any advantage 
gained by the pass. It is seen then that there is a psychological 
moment to make a pass. 




A ijaiiie beiiiK playtd between two teams of American schoolboys. 



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Interpretation of Rules of Game 

The Rules of Hockey are simple as compared to the elaborate 
codes of foot ball and base ball, but the game is so quick- 
motioned that rank infractions often go unpenalized. Simple as 
they are, too, many spectators often wonder why a player is put 
off the ice for a brief spell. 

There are two causes why a player can be suspended : for 
violation of some technical rule, or for a deliberate foul play. 
Under technical violations come off-side playing and "loafing 
off-side" ; also puck fouls, such as kicking the puck and throwing 
it with the hand. 

An explanation of just what constitutes off-side play can be 
given best by quoting the rule : 

"Any player hearer to his opponents' goal than 
is an imaginary line running through the center of 
the puck and parallel with the goal line is off- 
side. 

"A player off-side shall be considered out of play, 
and may not touch the puck himself or in any meas- 
ure prevent any other player from doing so until the 
puck has been touched by an opponent in any way 
whatsoever, or until it has been carried nearer than 
he is himself to his opponent's goal line. 

"If a player violates this rule the puck shall be 
faced where it was last played before the off-side 
occurred. In the event of the puck rebounding off 
the body of the player in the goal tender's position, 
the other players of his team shall be considered 
on-side." 

The foregoing rule should clear up all misunderstanding about 
off-side playing. Often when the puck is passed diagonally 
ahead the impression prevails that there is an off-side, and the 



SPAIvDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 41 

fact that the player receiving the pass was back of the puck at 
the instant it was passed is lost sight of. 

An infraction of the rules called "loafing olif-side" should 
draw a suspension penalty upon the offender. A player who is 
off-side and waits for the play to come up to him and put him 
on-side is termed to be "loafing." Likewise, waiting in front of 
an opponent's net to score on a rebound from a shot farther 
back in the rink is a case of "loafing." A player must always 
start to skate back on-side, or else be put out. 

Under foul playing come many causes for penalties. One of 
the most exasperating things that can happen to a forward is to 
neatly dodge by an opponent only to have his feet hooked out 
from under him by a malicious trip from behind. There is 
hardly ever any excuse for a trip of this nature, and it is about 
the meanest and most unsportsmanlike foul in the game. 

Another fonl that is not so easy of detection as the trip is 
known as the "cross check." Instead of a legitimate body check, 
a section of the stick held firmly between the hands is sometimes 
used to stop opponents. The end of the stick allowed to pro- 
ject a few inches beyond the hand is a formidable weapon with 
which to jab an opponent in the ribs. Of course, such dirty play- 
inp- needs no comment and fortunately the player resorting to 
such means is a rare exception. 

It often happens that a player, excited by the heat of play 
will commit fouls that he would never do if he was cool and 
considerate. Generally a short rest in the timer's box will serve 
to make him see the folly of his actions and how much he handi- 
caps his team by being ofif the ice. The game is completely in 
the hands of the referee, and it is up to him to stop any rough 
play at once, as one slug invites another. 



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ACCEPT NO 
SUBSTITUTE 



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GUARANTEES 
QUALITY 



©US. 





XSL. "Championship' 



Pattern. Ladies' 




No. XSL. Ladies' "Champion- 
ship" Hockey Skates, similar 
to No. XS Men's, but small 
heel plates and narrow toe 
plates. Sizes 8^ to 10/^ in. 
Per pair, $5.00 

Price, including Spalding No. 350 
Shoes, complete, attached. 

Per pair, $10.00 



Showing 

"Championship" 

Ladies' Hockey 

Skate 

fastened to 

Spalding Shoe 

No. 350 



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m: 



CANADIAN PATTERN 





No. YH. Canadian Pattern. Men's 




Canadian Hockey Pattern. 
Special steel runners, carefully 
hardened and tempered. Heavily 
nickel-plated and finely polished. 

No. YH. Sizes 9>^ to 12 inches. 
Per pair, $3.00 

Price, including Spalding No. 332 
Shoes, complete, attached. 

Per pair, $6.50 



Showing Canadian 
Pattern No. YH 
Hockey Skate 

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Spalding Shoe 

No. 332 



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' Hocliey 

CANADIAN PATTERN 




No. YHL. Canadian Pattern. Ladies' 




Made similar to Men's No. YH, 
but with small heel plates and 
narrow toe plates. 

No. YHL. Heavily nickel-plated 
and finely polished. Ladies'. 
Sizes 8}4 to 1 05^ inches. 

Per pair, $3.00 

Price, including Spalding No, 330 
Shoes, cc iplete„attached. 

Per pair, $6.50 



Showing Canadian 

Pattern No. YHL 

Ladies' Hockey 

Skate 

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Spalding Shoe 

No. 330 



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QUALITY 



li (Q. Snyder^ 
Ice Sliates 




N0.4-OL. Welded 
steel runners, 
tempered, nickel- 
plated throughout; 
russet straps. Each 
pair in paper box. 
Sizes 9 to II in. 
Per pair, $3.00 

No. IL. Best cast 
steel ru nners, 
hardened. All 
parts nickel-plat- 
ed; russet leather 
straps. In paper 
box. Sizes 8 to 
I I inches. 

Per pair, $2.25 

No. OOL. Nickel, 
plated. Runners 
and other parts of 
best steel, nicely 
finished; russet 
straps. Sizes 8 to 
I I inches. Each 
pair in paper box. 
Per pair, $1.60 

No. OL. Bright 
finish. Paper 
wrapped. 

Per pair, $1.25 

No. 19. Made with 
steel runners and 
foot plates; russet 
leather straps. 
Each pair paper 
wrapped. Sizes 8 
to 1 1 inches. 

Per pair, 90c. 



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SPALDING "EXPERT" 
RACING AND HOCKEY SHOE 

This shoe has been 
gotten up especially 
for racing and is 
just the thing for 
expert and particu- 
larly fast hockey 
players. 




No. 337. Fine quality kangaroo leather, 
very soft and pliable; extremely light 
weight; reinforced inside over ankle; 
laces low. Blucher style. Special 
counter supports foot without tiring 
wearer. Very light sole. Pair, $5.00 
We recommend these shoes for use 
especially with Spalding Tubular Rac- 
ing and Hockey Skates, and with No. XH 
Spalding "Intercollegiate" Expert Hockey 
Skates, also with any style racing skates 
made to be riveted to shoes. 



SPECIAL" 

SKATING 

SHOE 




No. 336. Best quality calf. Laces low. 
Blucher style. Special lined and made 
with counter that supports ankle and 
arch of foot, giving support where 
most required; full heel. Pair, $5.00 
Use No. 336 Shoes with Spalding Nos. 
XS or YH Hockey Skates. No. CR Rink 
Skates and any style Clamp Fastening 
Ice or Hockey Skates. 



SPALDING 
'CHAMPIONSHIP" HOCKEY SHOE 



This is a heavier 
weight shoe than 
the No. 337. 




No. 339. Fine quality calf. Reinforced 
inside over ankle. Padded tongue. 
Special counter supports ankle, instep 
and arch of foot. Hard box toe special 
protection. Laced low. Blucher cut. 
Large brass eyelets. Per pair, $5.00 
Recommended particularly for use with 
the Spalding "Expert" Hockey Skates 
No. XH and with Spalding Tubular 
Hockey and Racing Skates. Suitable 
also for use with any Canadian Pattern 
Hockey Skates. 



SPALDING 

HOCKEY 

SHOE 




No. 333. A good shoe at a moderate 
price. Made after the design of our 
No. 339 Shoe, but differing in quality of 
material and construction. Light weight 
and substantially made. Per pair, $3.50 
Use No. 333 Shoes with No. XH Hockey 
Skates, Tubular Hockey and Racing 
Skates and with any Canadian Pattern 
Hockey Skates to be riveted on. 



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paMtog Antogff'aplhi lHI®©Ik®f Stwh 



These sticks are exact duplicates in shape, weight, balance, specially selected 
grade of rock elm, and every other particular of the actual sticks that we supply 
to the famous players whose autographs they bear and who use them exclusively in 
all their games. BE SURE TO MENTION THE PARTICULAR MODEL YOU 
DESIRE WHEN ORDERING. 






Autograph (Goal) Built This is a Built Up goal stick, made after suggestions of the great Canadian 

Up Stick. goal player, Percy Le Sueur. 

Sfai^bihg Cmamfhohsmhp Mocs^iey Sticks 

Made of the 
finestselected 
Cana d i a n 
rock elm. Ex- 
clusivelyused 
and endorsed 

by the Que- p-p =-, — -,^ 

bee Hockey ! !,,^,„^lj.-._^^...li^..,.._l I: 
Club, Cham, 
pions of the 

World, holders of the Stanley Cup; by the Victorias, Winnipeg, Champions (Amateurs) Allen 
Cup, and the Canadian Hockey Club of Montreal, and many other well known teams. These 
sticks will not fray at the bottom where they come in contact with the ice and will retain 
shape under all conditions. The very important matter of weight and balance has been caref 
considered and the Spalding Sticks are much lighter, yet stronger, than any others on. the mark 

No. 0. Championship Stick, Regular Forward Model. 

No. 0. Championship Stick, Long Blade, Forward Model. 

No. 0. Championship Stick. Defence Model. 




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St!1?e THE SPALDING 



QUALITY 




Extract from Official Rules 

of the Canadian Amateur 

Hockey League : 

Sec. 13. The Spalding Hockey 
Puck, the Official Puck of the 
League, must be used in all 
match games. 



KSIlSi^ 

No. 13. The Spalding "Official" Trade- 
Mark Puck has been adopted as the 
official puck of "The Canadian Ama- 
teur Hockey League," composed of the 
following world-famed teams: Montreal, Sliamrock, Qyebec, Victoria 
and Westmount Each, 50c. 

No. 15. The Spalding "Practice" Puck is regulation si^e, and really- 
better than the so-ceilled official pucks turned out by other manu- 
facturers. Each, 25c, 

SEE THAT OUR TRADE-MARK APPEARS ON PUCK ITSELF BEFORE USING. 



No. 1. On lines of our best grade Regular Forward Stick. Selected and 
well seasoned timber. Very popular as an all around stick. Each, 50c. 

No. 2. Spalding "Practice" Hockey Stick. Regulation size and made 
of good quality timber. A very serviceable stick. . . . Each, 25c. 



No. 2 






He® 



No. A. Special goals, with extra spikes to 
stick into ice. Strong steel frame, with 
heavy twine netting. 

No. B. Regulation style goals, with steel 
frame and twine netting. Uprights 
arreinged to go into ice. . 




Sps^Edflim^Inlc 

No.HG. This is one of the best hockey 
gloves ever made, giving ample protec- 
tion to all bones and joints in the player's 
hand, at the same time 
being extremely light and 
comfortable to wear. Made 
of brown leather, with soft 
buckskin palm, and gaunt- 
let padded with rattan 
reeds. Furnished in two 
sizes, large and medium. 
Per pair, $4.00 
No. L. Unpadded drab buckskin gaunt- 
let glove. Extra long and a very 
popular style. . . . Per pair, $3.00 






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i 



I Steel 

IMPROVED MODEL 




-f 



Used by the Champion Speed Skaters in All Their Races 



Very light weight, all tubular steel construction. Every joint well reinforced, 
making them the strongest tubular racing skates manufactured. Blades 
made of chrome nickel steel, hardened and drawn, tapered from 1-16 inch at 
the toe to 1-32 inch at the heel. Toe and heel plates made of best partly 
hardened steel, left full size, so they can be cut to fit shoe. Furnished in 
two lengths of blades, 14;< and ]5;< inches. Foot plates arranged to fit 
small, medium or large size shoes. Specify size of shoe worn when ordering, 
also length of blade required. These skates are built for use with light racing 
shoes, Spalding No. 337 preferably. Our guarantee will not cover if heavy 

hockey or skating shoes are used. 
Spalding Tubular Steel Racing Skates, nickel- 
plated and polished. . . Per pair, $8.00 
Price, including No. 337 Shoes, complete, 

attached Per pair, $13.00 

Spalding Tubular Steel Racing Skates, alum- 
inum finish Per pair, $6.00 

Price, including No. 337 Shoes, com- 
plete, attached. Per pair, $11.00 

Showing Spalding 
Tubular Racing Skate, 

Nickel-plated, 

attached to Spalding 

Shoe No. 337 




"J 



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►paMliig Miimlk SUlates 



FOR FANCY SKATING 






No. CR. Rink Skate. Men's 

No. CR. Foot plates same as on Cana- 
dian pattern hockey skates, highly 
polished, nickel-plated and buffed. 
The runners on these skates are 
special chrome steel, selected for its 
peculiar fitness for a skate of this 
character, and ground with curved 
bottoms, as adopted by national 
skating associations. Teeth on toe 
placed correctly. Sizes 9^4 to 12 
inches Per pair, $5.00 

Price, including Spalding No. 336 Shoes, 
complete, attached. Per pair, $10.00 



Showing Spalding 

Rink Skate No. CR 

fastened to 

Spalding Shoe 

No. 336 




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l Baifeii !l *l;lJli l lM ( 



Spalding' 
'Official National League Ball 

Patent Cork Center 




No.1 



Each, . . $1^5 
Per Pozen, $15.00 



Tha Spalding "OfficUH National League" Ball has 1 
the Official Ball of the Game lince 1878 



Adopted by the National 
League in 1878, is the only 
ball used in Championship 
games since that time and has 
now been adopted for twenty 
years more, making a total 
adoption of fifty-four years. 

In adopting the Spalding 
" Official National League " 
Ball for twenty years more the 
Secretary of the NationeJ 
League, Mr. John A. Heydler, 
gave the following as the 
reason for this action: 

"The Spalding Ball waa adopted 
by the National League for twenty 
years, becauae we recognized it a* 
the best ball made. We have used it 
satisfactorily for thirty-four year*. 
The new Cork Center Ball intro- 
duced for the first time last year 
and used in the World's Series, 
we believe to' be the only ball for 
the future, and it is absolutely the 
best that ha* been used by the 
National League in its history." 

This ball has the Spalding 
"Patent" Cork Center, 

the same as used since August 1, 

1910, without change in size of 

cork or construction. 

Each ball wrapped in tinfoil, 
packed in a separate box, and 
sealed in accordance with the 
latest League regulations. 
Warranted to last a full 
game when used under ordi- 
nary conditions. 



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SPALDING'S New Athletic Goods Catalogue 



The following selection of items from Spalding's latest Catalogue will give 
an idea of the great variety of ATHLETIC GOODS manufactured by 
A. G. SPALDING & BROS. SEND FOR A FREE COPY. 

See list of Spalding Stores on inside front cover of this book. 



"'"aiwl Weight 98,99 



cf.dd, . . 
Strikinc . 
Sk.le . . 
B.II.- 
Baie 

Basket . 
Field Hockey 
Foot. College 
Fool. Rugby . 

cou' "" ; 

Hand 
Hurley . 
Indoor Base . 

Medkine '. 
Playground 

Polo. Roller . 

Polo. Water . 

Pu.h . . 

Squash . . 

Volley . . 

nda=:er "' 
rBeTI. 

BarStalU . 

Barj- 
Horizontal 
Parallel . 

Bases, Indoor 

Bals. Indoor 

Bells- 
Elastic 
leather and Worsted 
Wrestling . 

Bladders- 
Basket Ball . 
Foot Ball 
Striking Bag . 

Blades, Fencing 



, Elastic 



62 
90,91 
. 62 



sk"uT' : 

University 



Clock Coll 
CoUarette, Knitted 
Corks, Running 
Cross Bars, Vaulting 



College . . 

Marking. Golf 
Foils. Fencing , 
Foot Balls- 



College . . . 

Rugby . . _. 
Fool Ball Clothing 
Fool Ball Coal Nets 
l-oot boll Timer 



Jackets— 

FoSt^BaU" 
Javelins . 
Jerseys 



Uce. Fool Ball . . 7 

Lacrosse Goods . 69 

Fencing Goods . 107.108 

Field Hockey Goods . 72 

Gymnasium Shoes 33, 34 

Gymnasium Suits . 29-32 

Skates, Ice . . . 51-59 

Skates, Roller . . 67 

Skatmg Shoes ; 60. 61 

Snov, Shoes ■ . • « 

Lanes for Sprints , . 75 

Leg Guards- ._ ._ 

fool Ball . . 10. 19 

Ice Hockey , . , 65 

Polo. Roller , . , 66, 

Embroidered . 43 

Fell 43. 44 

tjniment. "Mike Murphy" 13 



PAGE 
TTatTorms. Striking Bi>g 92. 9J 
Poles- 



Protectors — 
Abdomen 

Eyegia 

Finger. Field Hockey 
Indoor Base Ball . 



72 
68 

. . 68 

1 humb. Basket Ball . )7 
Protection. Running Shoea 78 
Pucks, Hockey. Ice . , 64 
Push Ball . .71 

Pushers. Chamois 78 



Skate Keys 
Skate Rollers . 
Skate Straps . 
Skate Sundries . 



'Shoes 
. It Lanes 
quash Goods 



VoUeyl 



For Three-Legged f 

Skate 
Slicks. Roller Polo . 
Stockings . 

Fool Sail . : 

Stor> Boards 
Striking Bags , , 
Suits- 
Base BaD. Indoor , 



Hockey, Field .' '. 72 

Hockey. Ice . , , 64 

Lacrosse , . * 69 

Bas'k^iBall , . , 38 

Foot Ball ... 18 

Hockey. Field . . 72 

Hockey, Ice . , . 64 

Lacrosse ... 69 

Goal Cage, Roller Polo . 66 

Golf Clubs . . 60,81 

Golf Sundries . . 83.84 

Golfeite .... 84 

Athletic , . . , 78 

Golf ... 83 

Gymnasium, Home . 97 

Gymnasium Board. Home 105 

Gymnasium. Home Outfits 103 



Hammers. Athletic . . 73 

Hangers for Dumb Bells . 96 

Hangers for Indian Clubs 96 

Hats, University . . 42 
Head Harness . . 10. 16 

HeahhPull ... 106 

Hob Nails ... 85 

Hock.»y Pucks , . , 64 

Hockey Slicks, Ice , 63,64 
Hockey Slicks. Field 72 

Holder. Basket Ball. Canvas 37 
HoleCutier^GoK . , 84 
Hole Rim. Coll . . 84 

Horse. Vaulting . , 102 
Hurdles. Safety . . 75 

Hurley Sticks ... 72 



Masseur. Abdominal 
Mattresses. Gymnasiun 
Mattresses, Wrestling 
Megaphonea 
Mills- 
Handball , , 
Striking Bag . 

Monograms 
Mouthpiece. Fool Ball 
MufHers. Knitted 



Exercising 
lowing Machinei 



Sacks, for Sack Raang 
Sandals, Snow Shoe 
Sandow's Dumb Bells 
Scabbards. Skate 
Score Books- 
Basket Ball . . 
Sliin Guards- 



Swimmine 
Water Polo 
Supporters 
Ankle , 
Wrist . 



Golf Driving ... 84 
Volley Ball . 71 Shoes- 

Numbers, Competitors' , 74 Ac-obi 



Field Hockey 
Ice Hockey . 
Polo, Roller . 
Shirts- 
Alhlelic 
Rubber. Reducing 



49 Tackling Machine . 

94 Take-0(f Board 

62 Tape. Measuring, Steel 

Tees, Golf . 

37 Posts. Tennis, Indoor 

19 '^uir . 

10 Full, Wrestling , 
72 Hockey . . . 

66 Toboggans 



46 Toquea 
19 Trapeze, Adjustable 
Trapeze, Single 

34 Trousers— 

34.35 Y. M.C A. . . 

35 Foot Ball 






Chamois. F 
Foot Ball 
Wrestling 
'aint. Golf 



Fool Ball. College 

Foot Ball. Rugby 

Hockey. Ice 

Running 
Pennants, College 
Pistol. Slarter-s 
Plastrons, Fencing 



Fool Ball. Association 
Fool Ball. College . 
Foot Ball. Rugby . 
Foot Ball. Soccer . 



jumping 
Running 



. 76-78 
, 76-78 
60.61 



^^ 



Wands, Calistl 
Watches, Slop , 
Weights. 56-lb, 



16 
90,55 



J 



/histles . , 57. 7» 



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iqi9 




A Standard Qyality must be inseparably linked to a Standard Policy. 

Without a definite and Standard Mercantile Policy, it is impossible for a 
Manufacturer to long maintain a Standard Qyality. 

To market his goods through a jobber, a manufacturer must provide a 
profit for the jobber as well as for the retail dealer. To meet these conditions 
of Dual Profits, the manufacturer is obliged to set a proportionately high list 
price on his goods to the consumer. 

To enable the glib salesrnan, when booking his orders, to figure out 
attractive profits to both the jobber and retailer, these high list prices are 
absolutely essential ; but their real purpose w^ill have been served when the 
manufacturer has secured his order from the jobber, and the jobber has secured 
his order from the retailer. 

However, these deceptive high list prices are not air to the consumer, who 
does not, and, in reality, is not ever expected to pay these fancy list prices. 

When the season opens for the sale of such goods, with their misleading 
but alluring high list prices, the retailer begins to realize his responsibilities, and 
grapples with the situation as best he can, by offering "special discounts," 
which vary with local trade conditions. 

Under this system of merchandising, the profits to both the manufacturer 
and the jobber are assured ; but as there is no stability maintained in the prices 
to the consumer, the keen competition amongst the local dealers invariably 
leads to a demoralized cutting of prices by which the profits of the retailer are 
practically eliminated. 

This demoralization always reacts on the manufacturer. The jobber insists 
on lower, and still lower, prices. The manufacturer, in his turn, meets this 
demand for the lowering of prices by the only way open to him, viz. : the cheap- 
ening and degrading of the quality of his product. 

The foregoing conditions became so intolerable that, 13 years ago, in 1899, 
A. G. Spalding & Bros, determined to rectify this demoralization in the Athletic 
Goods Trade, a^d inaugurated what has since become known as "The Spalding 
Policy." 

The "Spalding Policy" eliminates the jobber entirely, so far as Spalding 
Goods are concerned, and the retail dealer secures the supply of Spalding 
Athletic Goods direct from the manufacturer by which the retail dealer is 
assured a fair, legitimate and certain profit on all Spalding Athletic Goods, and 
the consumer is assured a Standard Qyality and is protected from imposition. 

The "Spalding Policy" is decidedly for the interest and protection of the 
users of Athletic Goods, and acts in two ways : 

First. — ^The user is assured of genuine Official Standard Athletic Goods 
and the same prices to everybody. 

Second. — As manufacturers, we can proceed with confidence in 
purchasing at the proper time, the very best raw materials required 
in the manufacture of our various goods, well ahead of their 
respective seasons, and this enables us to provide the necesssary 
quantity and absolutely maintain the Spalding Standard of Quality. 

All retail dealers handling Spalding Athletic Goods are requested to supply 
consumers at our regular printed catalogueprices — neither more nor less — thesame 
prices that similar goods are sold for in our New York, Chicago and other stores. 

All Spalding dealers, as well as users of Spalding Athletic Goods, are treated 
exactly alike and no special rebates or discriminations are allowed to anyone. 

This briefly is the " Spalding Policy," which has already been in successful 
operation for the past 13 years, and will be indefinitely continued. 

In other words, " The SpeJding Policy " is a " square deal " for everybody. 



A. G. SPALDING & BROS. 



standard Quality 



An article that is universally given the appellation *' Stzmdard " is thereby 
conceded to be the criterion, to v/hich are compared all other things of a similar 
nature. For instance, the Gold Dollar of the United States is the Standard unit 
of currency, because it must legally contain a specific proportion of pure gold, 
and the fact of its being Genuine is guaranteed by the Government Stamp 
thereon. As a protection to the users of this currency against counterfeiting and 
other tricks, considerable money is expended in maintaining a Secret Service 
Bureau of Elxperts. Under the law, citizen manufacturers must depend to a 
grreat extent upon Trade-Marks eind similar devices to protect themselves eigednst 
counterfeit products — without the aid of "Government Detectives" or "Public 
Opinion" to assist them. 

Consequently the "Consumer's Protection" against misrepresentation and 
"inferior quality" rests entirely upon the integrity and responsibility of the 
" Manufacturer." 

A. G. Spalding 6c Bros, have, by their rigorous attention to "Quality," for 
thirty- five years, caused their Trade-Mark to become knovkrn throughout 
the world as a Guarantee of Quality as dependable in their field as the 
U. 5. Currency is in its field. 

The necessity of upholding the Guarantee of the Spalding Trade-Mark and 
maintaining the Standard Quality of their Athletic Goods, is, therefore, as obvi« 
ous as is the necessity of the Government in maintaining a Standeu-d Currency. 

Thus each consumer is not only Insuring himself but also protecting other 
consumers when he assists a Reliable Manufacturer in upholding his Trade- 
Mark £ind all that it stands for. Therefore, we urge all users of our Athletic 
Goods to assist us in meiintaining the Spalding Standard of Elxcellence, by 
insisting that our Trade-Mark be plainly stamped on all athletic goods which 
they buy, because without this precaution our best efforts towards maintaining 
Stsmdard Quality and preventing fraudulent substitution will be ineffectueil. 

Manufacturers of Standard Articles invariably suffer the reputation of being 
high-priced, and this sentiment is fostered and emphasized by makers of 
" inferior goods," with whom low^ prices are the main consideration. 

A manufacturer of recognized Standard Goods, with a reputation to uphold 
and a guarauitee to protect, must necessarily have higher prices than a manufac- 
turer of cheap goods, whose idea of and basis of a claim for Standard Quality 
depends principzJly upon the eloquence of the seJesman. 

We know from experience that there is no quicksand more unstable than 
poverty in quality — and we avoid this quicksand by Stzmdard Quality. 



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A separate book covers every Athletic Sport 

and is Official and Standard 

Price 10 cents each 



GRAND PRIZE 



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BALTIMORE INDIANAPOLIS ST. PAUL 

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